Track coaches, if not all high school coaches, like to try to motivate their athletes with phrases like "never give up" and "work harder." While the phrases are well-meaning, they are so overused they begin to sound empty. ...more

March 18, 2009

Charles Smith says that as soon as he saw the news of the stabbing on his computer Wednesday afternoon, he knew his "creepy" former co-worker would show up at his door. ...more

July 25, 2008

Melissa McElroy, 18, woke up shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday and heard her mother screaming, deputies say. She stepped outside her bedroom and saw her twin sister, Michelle, bleeding from the arms and chest, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office report, which describes what happened next. Charles Smith says that as soon as he saw the news on his computer screen Wednesday afternoon, he knew his "creepy" former co-worker would show up at his door. Later that night, Smith says, his premonition came true. ...more

July 24, 2008

Air Force fighter pilot Bill Moran wrote in his diary about a premonition he had. He feared he wouldn't make it back from one of the 28 missions he flew during World War II. ...more

June 29, 2008

The canon of classical music includes plenty of truncated masterworks, notably Bach's "Art of Fugue," Mozart's Requiem and Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony. ...more

January 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The canon of classical music includes plenty of truncated masterworks, notably Bach's "Art of Fugue," Mozart's Requiem and Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony. ...more

January 19, 2008

As he swept the gym floor the day before his team's toughest challenge of the season to date, Tampa Prep boys basketball coach Joe Fenlon walked over to his star player, 6-foot-7 senior forward David Waller, and shared with him a premonition. ...more

January 13, 2008

There are a lot of well-chronicled reasons to go to the Tampa Theatre. I found two more recently. ...more

November 7, 2007

There are a lot of well-chronicled reasons to go to the Tampa Theatre. I found two more recently. ...more

November 5, 2007